Fresh capital for online shop windeln.de
- Munich, Bonn, 15 September 2010 – High-Tech Gründerfonds and DN Capital are investing in windeln.de. The online shop for baby products will be launched in September 2010 with more than 80 brands in its product range, including Pampers, HiPP, Avent, Nuk and Penaten. Business angels and the management team are participating in the financing, along with the lead investors mentioned.
“windeln.de is positioning itself as Germany’s large online shop for everyday baby products,” explains founder Konstantin Urban. “And we don’t just deliver diapers – right from
Contact
Urban-Brand GmbH Machtlfinger Str. 1 81379 Munich GermanyAlexander Brand (Co-Founder and Co-CEO) Phone: +49 89 72 44 66 66 Email: alexander.brand@urban-brand.de www.windeln.de
About High-Tech Gründerfonds
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests venture capital in young, high-opportunity technological companies implementing promising research results in an entrepreneurial manner. The start-up companies are planned to lead their R&D projects to the production of a prototype or a “proof of concepts” or market launch by means of the seed financing of up to 500k EUR. The High-Tech Gründerfonds has a fund volume of around 272m EUR. Investors in the public-private partnership are the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology, the KfW bank group as well as the six industrial groups BASF, Deutsche T
Contact:
Dr. Björn Momsen High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2 53175 Bonn Germany Phone: +49 228 823001-00 E-Mail: info@high-tech-gruenderfonds.de www.high-tech-gruenderfonds.de
About DN Capital
At DN Capital, our mission is to help companies become global leaders in their respective markets. We provide early-stage capital to entrepreneurs, and growth equity to fast-growing companies in the software and digital media sectors. Post investment, we leverage our global network to help portfolio companies develop and refine their strategic direction, recruit and retain management talent, establish distribution channels and partnerships, access reference accounts, secure follow-on financing and expand geographically. We are a Pan-European investor and look to invest €1-10 million per c
Contact:
Nenad Marovac DN Capital (UK) LLP 2 Queen Anne's Gate Buildings Dartmouth Street London SW1H 9BP United Kingdom Phone: +44 20 7340 1600 E-Mail: info@dncapital.com www.dncapital.com